I’ve done minimal knitting since my last post. Since last May I completed a baby blanket, a wrap and the following hats. The baby blanket will not be showed off since I did not have a chance to photograph it before gifting it away. Will say the parents-to-be were very happy with it and couldn’t get over the fact they’d received a hand knit item. I’ve yet to take decent pics of the wrap I knit last fall but as soon as I do will be blogging about it. For now I leave you with the little FOs I completed for my Blythe last September.
The hats were all experiments to see if I could knit a decent hat like others I’ve seen posted across the web. What’s nice about knitting for Blythe is that any scrap yarn amount will do. At some point I had plans to knit and sell these on Etsy but I really wasn’t too please with the FOs to consider them sellable. Oh well, my Blythe will have an assortment of head gear to wear.
All the hats were knit on dpns from the top down to get a better fit. I experimented with several increase sequences and found one or two that I really liked. For the most part though, the increases yielded a bumpy crown so I’ll have to continue my experiment.
First hat was knit with Joann’s Sensation Camelia.
I had just enough Kureyon left over from my Lady Eleanore to knit this ribbed beanie.
There was half a skein of CTH Rainbow Ribbon to knit many more hats, but for now there’s only one.
I finally found a FO I like with the CTH Potluck Worsted I bought years ago. Do have to remember to CO a few more stitches since the hat was a little to tight on the doll.
Another yarn which had been laying around for years is the FB Fashion Denim I used to knit this hat. I didn’t quite like the end product, since the texture at this scale is very distracting.
The next two hats were knit with the first yarn I ever dyed. Lion Brand Fisherman’s Wool was dyed with Kool-Aid with flavors I can’t remember. Overall I like how both hats turned out, but I think someday I’ll go back an frog the green one just a bit and reknit it. IMO the yarn is just too bulky to have it folded.
Finally, I just have to show off this lovely skein of Paca-Peds alpaca sock yarn I found at the recently relocated Yarn Barn. The shop is still on McCullough St. but a lot closer to downtown and conveniently located across our family doctor’s office. Yep, no matter how bad I feel, I know I can always hop over to yarn heaven and feel so much better.